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Tuscannoga, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Groveland-Mascotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34736. The Survey maps it on the Mascotte quadrangle.

Tuscannoga within Lake County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tuscannoga, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Tuscannoga, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

176 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Tuscannoga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,704 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 11 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning50
Railroad operations and maintenance42
Equipment and vehicle use28
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceYOUTH CAMP RD (35)
1 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceINDIGO RD (35)
12 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 1999Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Tuscannoga: 7 producers, 2 prospects, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Peat, Diatomite, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Central Florida Excavating - Brown Fish PondSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Florida Crushed Stone - Center Hill QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
L.J.Stephens Transp., Centerhill QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
C & C Peat - Honeycut PitPeatProducerPeat
Center Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Center Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hillary Peat - Heneycut Lake PitPeatProducerPeat
Mabel PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Reliable Peat - Youth Camp MinePeatProducerPeat
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect

Every working recorded in Lake County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Slones Ridge2.8 miles10
Mascotte4.3 miles10
Groveland6.6 miles11
Pumpkin Center9.2 miles11
Okahumpka9.2 miles10
Orange Blossom9.7 miles11
Bay Lake10.1 miles11
Clermont10.4 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122559734The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294954. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.